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Southeast Asia market will become a competitive place for Chinese and Japanese car companies

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Europe, the birthplace of the automobile industry, to North America across the Pacific Ocean, has always been the top stage that Chinese car companies hope to step on. With the current sales figures and the seductive future expectations, Southeast Asia has successfully attracted the attention of Chinese car companies.

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Asian EV Manufacturers You Should Know

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VinFast VinFast is a Vietnam-based company that was established in 2017 by Vingroup. In the few years they have been in production, they have successfully conquered the Vietnam EV market with a range of electric cars and scooters. Zhidou Zhidou is a Chinese manufacturer of electric microcars.

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New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions

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A new study finds that the growth of carbon production from Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, reflecting a “new phase of globalization” between developing countries that could undermine international efforts to reduce emissions. The paper is published in Nature Communications.

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Celanese sees new TCX ethanol process as key component in future growth; a paradigm shift in ethanol production

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TCX is the company’s new proprietary technology for ethanol production that builds on its acetyl platform and integrates new technologies to produce ethanol using basic hydrocarbon feedstocks—natural gas, coal and pet coke now, with biomass and waste planned for the future. Earlier post.). Source: Celanese. Click to enlarge.

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Saudis Expand Price War Downstream

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On the other hand, it won’t be easy for Saudi Arabia—Chinese refiners are also producing more gasoline, for which demand is still strong. However, one cannot easily neglect the Indian and Chinese refiners. He is author of “Oil—Past, present, future—An Indian Perspective”. So, who will reap the benefits of the low prices?

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GE and Shenhua open coal gasification joint venture in China

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A new report from GBI Research forecasts that the Asia-Pacific region will become the leading coal-producing region in the future, led by China. The region’s coal industry comprises China, India, Australia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Vietnam and New Zealand.

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The Coming Boom in Rare Earths

Cars That Think

What are some of the other big companies outside of China that are up there now competing and actively pursuing mines and/or future processing capabilities? Sanderson: I’ve seen some news reporting recently about Vietnam having big aspirations in rare earths, but they hit a snag recently. The Lynas Rare Earths Ltd.

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